Posts Tagged ‘ influence ’

Vietnam PM admits interest groups sway policymaking 

January 9, 2012
Vietnam PM admits interest groups sway policymaking 

  A man (L) stands in front of an ATM while a homeless man sleeps in front of an advertisement on a street in Hanoi January 3. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has acknowledged the surging influence interest groups have on the policymaking process, calling for increased transparency to tackle the issue. Prime Minister Nguyen [...]

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Violence prone 

November 21, 2011
Violence prone 

  Emergency rooms in HCMC hospitals are witnessing a massive increase in the number of people wounded in intoxicated brawls Patients being treated at the emergency ward of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital. Doctors say there has been an alarming increase in cases of people wounded in fights being admitted to the hospitals. [...]

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US enters dam debate late 

July 16, 2011
US enters dam debate late 

  Activists in the ongoing fight against Mekong dams worry that recent US opposition has come too little, too late. Cambodian fishermen cast their net into the Mekong River outside Phnom Penh in April. US senators have called for greater environmental safeguards for the Mekong River, but analysts remain doubtful that US influence is capable [...]

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OPEC admits limited influence on int’l oil prices

December 4, 2008
OPEC admits limited influence on int’l oil prices

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which supplies 40 percent of the world’s crude oil, admitted its limited influence on the price fluctuation trend in the international crude oil market. A petrol station in front of the OPEC headquarters is pictured in Vienna October 24, 2008. An emergency OPEC meeting on Friday reached swift [...]

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Vietnam will bear indirect influence from US financial crisis: experts

September 22, 2008
Vietnam will bear indirect influence from US financial crisis: experts

VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Sy Kiem, a member of the National Advisory Council for Monetary Policies, and Bui Kien Thanh, a financial expert who provides consultations on diplomacy and economic issues for the Vietnamese government, talked about how the US financial crisis will affect Vietnam. Mr Cao Sy KiemVietnamese goods exported to the US have [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...